Rubbing-post for live stock.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

R. SCHNEIDER. RUBBING:` POST EUR LIVE STOGK.

AXP'LIATION FILED AUG. 29, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUBBING-YOST FDR LIVE STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application and iugm 29,1966. Serin No. 332,559.

To all whom it muy r'onmrn:

ile it` knewn thin` l, Rosin Henxmman, a viizen nl' the` United Suttew, residing at Minden, in the nennt); of Kearney and. Stute nf Nebraska., have inventvd rvr- Luin new und useful imprime-ments in liubbing-Pnsts iur Livi- Stnck, el' which the following is 9. npeeittutiun.

The object ei this inventiun is tu pruvide a nevel int-ans im lacilitalting the cxterminntinn nl vermin un live slm-k, the inventiun insisting priimuily U a rubbing pest adapted In he secured tu fences, gate pests leading te live stmk yards, en' in any ethnr suit able pl-.u-es, frnnvenient te the live steek te be used by thvy lutter whenever drsied,

Tlw punt eumprisng the int-irsninn imlmll-s :t body nf hulluw lurnnttitm, perlen-tied tn admit ui grew ei nii n1' nimiizu inswlividv, which will be'rneieivcd upm) thi body ef the animal rubbing up against thil post nml whirh will be effnr'tive a. means im exterxninaiing nr deritreying vermin with whit-h :smh nnb mal muy happend() he Ellietcd.

Fer n. iull (ir-scriptnnnl the invf'ntinn and the inl-riti` thm-enf and also tu acquire it knnwlnrlg" ni' the xlvlailf nl funstruciun ul the means iur vllmling the l'enult` rlrlelvncff is tu be had te thtI iulluwing dens-erintinn and nixfninpunylng drawings, in whii'h:

Figure l is d pr-rsnm'tiw View showing the pratetival embodiment el tlm inventinn. Eig. 2 is a vertu-itl sefrtiunul ,'iew. Fig;A Si in n tup `plan view.

(nrrvsperulintg 'ansi like parts im: rel'vrred tr in the lnlluwing denn-intimi and indicated in ull the vil-ws nl the drawings by the same rieferenee chmul-tern.

Spi-'ilvally describing the intfentiunv the :numeral designates the hnllnw body uf tl'ui post, whit-h is prelerably nl mme-whatcireular lumi in press ner'tien, und which is pruvided at uppesite ends with raps 2. The bndy l in apertured nt intervals throughout it length, and passing through they bndy is an eil renervnil 3 which ('onsists preferably of a tube, the lewer end of which in closed permanently and the uiqwr und nl which is closed by nic-Mus ul u reinnvnble plug 4.Q 'l`ln- `plng 4 muy be el' any suitabh lux-m admitting nl ready I'lumvul and is seltwed into the upper vxti'enxity el' the tube er renvrveir 3, prvim'unlv Handle nr horns 4" are iutxgrully inruil-4l with the plug tu lnrililttte its ready remevul whenever ilesirnd, The esntnir Il pannen thrqugh openings 2** fnrnnni in tlufenia-i 2 ui the body l of the pust, und in the :1pm-e lwwevn the iwi- 3 und the body i in arranged :lisant-inrit, porous the likex infliervnir er similar material, 'rauch as. vetten er Gated ut li. Nital' the uppm und mltiml nl thv rennr- I voir 3, and within the body l ef the pest, the reservoir il is pruvidml with nil upeningn 7 at opposite i Eidvs, the eil ur cent1-nts ul tlm rvservur 3 being i adapted tu swipe thereirmn through said openings 7. Thu liquid #entente nf the rnservnir 3 are caused tu pass tlwreiruln te the Ebnrln-ut material G filling the reservnil' until it nverll'iws through npenings 7, the inverllnwing uil being Ehsuihed by [he material 6.

ll fnuml desirable, a wick l5 enmmunienting with the packing i3 may einem! hmugh the opening 7 and pussinln thi uil rnntained within the reservoir 3. With this enrwtruetiun, it wiil lne readily understood that nwug tu the aetienef capillary nttraetien, the pushing; (i would always remain saturated with the nil er uthl liquid inseeth'ide contained in the tank.

In the preferred use ni thi: invention, a rubbing pest, Envir as hereinbefnre ls-scribed, is attached t0 a stumblisuppnrting pun-t 8 and thi latter may constitute :t gnlv posi, :t fence punt, er may be a snpamte and independent post spveally phteid in the ground :is` it means im the rubbing punt hercnheere deseribed. lraiekets 9 will be attached tu the supporting post 8 :md mid brackets will umbrales: the oppo- .srite i-xirt-.lnitim nl' the rt-server 3, mid eXtremtic-.H panini-ting .i .slmrt distance above and belew the tup und lmttum, retaper-tively el thtvhudy 1 of the rubbing Transverse bulls nr asteningn l() nasa thrnugh the bruekntn l) The opposite extremities ui the reserwif vYhfVtivvly secure thv. reservoir te the body oi the pust 1 und the nupperting means indicated at 8.

ln rthi, swtual use di the invention, it will be ebi vinili that when the live steek brushes ur rubs against tlm pest i, eil will be appliud tu thv bndy uf the aninml nr animals :tud thin nil will be ei i. Vemit-itituency specially dvsigned to exterminate vermin un the animal.

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Whenever 1t is nveerisury tu refill thu reser- Vuir 3, the plug 4 will im renmvvd and this uperatiun performed,

Having thus descr-Umd this invention,

tlnimi-ll its new is:

l: A running.: Imst Yin' live Stank consisting; nl an uuter unc-riuwd hnllnw burly, n reset-veli' arranged within sald hellnw )muy and uantnd te enntain nil, mild reservoir lmvni.: :L 4nimble math-t lonrllng tn the aimer*y between Ihn lmllnw bully mili Ilm l'nserveix', und almurlmnt material packt-rl in the space bvlwevn the hulluw body and tlm resi-rvuii', fur lli` nnrlmse splcled. V-

z, .t ruiming punt for live steek eunnlstlng of an aperlnrl-il lmlinw m' [minlnv burly. ui'eservolr huvlng un 011 mittel und Hangul in said Emily and ndnptnd to contain al vermin externinnmr, nhnnrmnn lnnterlal between the l ii-mI-vuh' nml the lmllow body of the pont, the umiusie what is 

